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Chicago examiner largest morning circulation circulation books open to all vol x no 186 a m thursday Chicago july 25 1912 thursday j7kÂ£s i lt , price one cent ff&a&ssee democrat bolt assures 10 battleships for u.s fight by hearst newspapers â– to be successful in spite of party caucus pledging votes against a bigger navy combination with republicans planned to carry measure over protest senate will demand two warships washixgtox july 24 the long fight made by the hearst newspapers for a more efficient navy is about to be won although it was decided in caucus of the democratic members of the honse by a vote of 70 to 62 to stand out against anjr battleship authorization at this session of congress enough democrats have served notice that they will demand exemption from the caucus bonds that the.v com bined with tho republicans will be able to carry out the two-battleship programme hepreseutative burnett of alabama who led the democratic fight against battleship construction because he could not get money for public buildings forced the op posing vote on battleships at the caucus to-night and pledged the democrats to a continuance of their policy of hostility to the american navy there are 231 democratic members of tiie house and only 132 members attended the caucus democratic floor leader underwood cast his vote for a compromise with the senate on its programme of two battleships immediately he offered a resolution which was adopted that all democratic absentees shall be recalled that they can participate in house leg islation caucus action not final the action of the democratic caucus to night is not final the question of the battleship appropriation at this session is coming back to plagne the democrats when the vote was announced repre sentatives lee and donohue of fennsyl ania sulzer levy and littlejohn of new york broussard and estopinal of louisi ana burke of wisconsin hobson of ala bama and others gave notice that they wculd demand exemption from caucus bonds on the subject of battleship construc tion otbers of the sixty-two members voting against the caucus resolution have one day in which to declare in writing their in tention not to be bound by the caucus action it takes a two-thirds majority in a democratic caucus to bind finally this majority was not had in the vote to-night democratic advocates of battleships an nounce to-night that unless there is a rescinding of the caucus action and either full freedom left to members to vote as they shall determine or a compromise on one battleship effected they will bolt the caucus and vote for two battleships with tke republicans they can carry the two battleship programme should they adopt this course senate demands battleships senator perkins and his colleagues of the senate committee will stand against the democratic caucus decision they will not agree to a navy bill without battleship au thorization with the senate holding out and sixty or more democrats of the house preparing to bolt the prospect for two battleships grows brighter daily representative burleson of texas arch enemy of battleship construction and a member of governor woodrow wilson's advisory committee was chairman of the caucus secretary ashbrook and mr burle son to-night announced that the roll call showing how each democrat who attended the caucus voted on the proposition had disappeared how this happened he did not explain among those who voted for battleships were the xew york members with the ex ception of fitzgerald gregg lee dono ire palmer of pennsylvania underwood and hobson of alabama broussard estop inal dupre of louisiana and padgett of tennessee representative sulzer lost his resolution to rescind the previous action of the cau cus which was contended by broussard to exempt democrat favoriug two battleships from caucus shackles call for new caucus representative james curley of mnssa ehusetts who voted to-night iu the demo cratic caucus for two battleships will start a petition to-morrow among the dem ocrats calling for a new caucus and pledg k iug its signers to the two-battleship pro v gramme i think it is evident from the vote iu the democratic caucus to-night said mr ,',â€ž.),.- that a majority of the democrats of the house are in favor of the enlarged 1 navy programme i know that it will in terfere somewhat with the economy plans of the democratic leaders but i do not think this interference sufficient to stand in the way of the plain demand of the people they want the battleships and the greater resistance there is by the house to this demand the more trouole the democratic party makes for itself | Chicago eats 25,000 watermelons a day dealers declare 375 tons or 25 car loads are brought here every morning twenty-five thousand watermelons a total weight of 375 tous are being eaten iu cliicago every day during the hot weather according to south water street commis sion merchants at least twenty-five cars a day are now being disposed of said b d anguish acknowledged watermelon king of chi cago yesterday and as each car contains on an average at least 1.000 melons you can easily see how i arrive at my con clusion ' that's about right at least 25,000 water melons are disposed of in Chicago these days said john p o'brien another mer chant who deals e-elusively in them but where do they all go he was asked thc majority are disposed of to the wagon peddlers of the ghetto there can be no doubt to my mind that the jews of the west side are large if not the larg est consumers of the watermelon in the city the colored people of course are great eaters of the melon and very few homes in the vicinity of thirty-first and state streets are without it in this kind of weather just why the people of Chicago eat so much watermelon is hard to make out the only reason that i can see is that the watermelon easily digested acts as a combination of food and drink boy asks woman's arresi little fellow tells police mrs bris coe threw water on him sergeant beutel of the Chicago avenue station peered over the edge of his desk into the wide eyes of john smith seven years old the little fellow standing ma jestically on an office chair informed the desk officer that he wanted mrs briscoe arrested sergeant beutel contemplated his visitor what did she do he asked the youthful complainant brushed back his curls and explained that he and two companions had been playing tag near a flat building at la salle and west chest nut when mrs briscoe emptied a pail of water on fheiu so we thought we'd have her arrested he concluded the boy was told to return in the morning for a war rant outside he was joined by his com panions who had been timidly awaiting him john lives at 170 west chestnut street actress proves heiress moving picture star reveals identity before operation sax fraxcisco july 24,-just before she went on the operating table at the merritt hospital iu oakland to-day vidah bertram leading woman of the essanay film manufacturing company revealed her identity she is adele buck a well known boston society girl and daughter of a millionaire who left her father's home early this year to travel with the moving-picture concern her parents have been notified her recovery is considered doubtful miss buck is a graduate of welleslcy with the class of 11 and a member of a wellesley sorority her par ents bitterly opposed her going ou the stage falls 7 stories lives woman turns 3 somersaults and lands in sitting position washixgtox july 24 mrs florence massey wife of james g massey of the interior department leaning out of a window and losing her balance plunged to-day from the seventh floor of her apart ments to an areaway eighty feet belov turning thre somersaults in her descent and lives to tell her experiences mrs massey narrowly escaped striking a fire escape balconies awning apparatus on each floor and landed in the areaway in a sitting posture her right leg was crushed drs xeal graham and charles wheatley who attended mrs massey be lieve she will live bryan lecture is barred test vote shows missourians against hearing nebraskans mexico mo july 24 wi1l daniel secretary of the vandalia mo chautau qua association to-day received a message from the redpath vawter chautauqua system saying that bryan's date at van dalia had been reluctantly canceled the chautauqua people took a vote on the matter sending cards to the citizens of vandalia who bad guaranteed the advance ticket sale and the result practically v as a unanimous demand that bryan's date be canceled vandalia is in speaker's champ clark's congressional district astor heir in two weeks widow of titanic victim awaits event in new york home new york july 24 mrs madelein force astor the widow of colonel john jacob astor has returned to her home in fifth avenue from bernardsville x j where she w-as with her parents mr and mrs william h force for a visit mrs force accompanied her daughter here and will remain with her until the astor heir is born which event is expected within the next fortnight park board takes over sheridan road lincoln commissioners to start work at once to beautify street residents will assist plan parkway to wisconsin line hope for wide drive to milwaukee another step iu the direction that will eventually make Chicago the paris of america was taken yesterday when the lincoin park commissioners accepted jur isdiction over sheridan road from foster nit-due to devon avenue some day in the immediate future con tingent upon the agreement of the various towns through which sheridan read passes it is hoped and expected that the eutire driveway will be under the jurisdiction of the park commissioners and improved throughout will be thirty-two miles of the most beautiful boulevard in the world aii the way to lake bluff this week when the city council au thorized a referendum for the expenditure of 1.7.10.000 for the widening of twelfth street the first stetf toward the realization of thc city beautiful plan was taken take second step at the same meeting the coumil ten dered to the lincoln park commissioners the stretch of sheridan road from foster to devon avenues acceptances yesterday by thc commissioners marks the second great step in the general plan of'lieautiiica tion of Chicago property owners along the line of the section accepted yesterday have agreed to pay the expense of installing boulevard lights curbing and paving which will amount to about 80,000 this money will be collected by the various improvement associations iu the district involved and bond for its payment to the board will be arrauged xow we are fairly started said leoi austrian member of the lincoln park board last night and by the time w have finished the project Chicago wili halve the most magnificent driveway in the world beginning at lincoln park sherigan road stretches almost straightaway to v,ake bluff a distance of thirty-two miles en route it passes through evanston wil mette winnetka hubbard woods ikeuil worth and highland park towns must consent before we cau take over the entire road as a parkway consent must be obtained from these towns and the latter must bind themselves to pay for the construction and maintenance work upon sheridan road will be begun almost immediately every foot of the road will be overhauled paving and curb ing constructed to a uniform width and parkway lights installed xot to be out done by the state of Illinois the state of avisconsin has already taken steps in a smiliar direction a movement has for some time been afoot to start parkway construction at the milwaukee extension of sheridan road thence building southeastward it is pro posed to some day connect the two park ways sit lakc bluff thus formjng a won derful lake shore boulevard eighty miles long there was a time when the improvement of sheridan road even in the city limits of Chicago was considered a dream xow its realization has begun prisoners in ball league new york convicts organize teams to play for championship glex falls x y july 24.-for the first time in the history of the penal in stitutions of xew york state baseball has been adopted as a part of the prison cur riculum and the first game according to an announcement made this afternoon by warden homer will be played next sat urday afternoon at com-stock when two nines composed of prisoners of the great meadow prison will clash in prison grounds a total of 040 men is now en rolled at the institution and a five-team league has been organized to play for the prison championship peary's pole ship sold the roosevelt brings 35,200 at auc tion of arbuckle's vessels xew york july 24 peary's arctic ship the roosevelt was sold uuder the hammer to-day for 33,200 to h e j mcdcrniott representing a concern the name of which he declined to give the sale was caused by the death of john arbuckle whose wrecking fleet was auc tioned off to-day at the empire stores the roosevelt's original cost was 185,000 the fleet consisted of three tugs a steam schooner-rigged barge a schooner yacht and the famous exploration steamer 109 celebrates birthday aurora 111 july 21 jaines moran of morris 109 years old believed to be the oldest white man in the united states entertained a hig gathering of friends on his birthday anniversary to day mr moran though feeble mingled with his guests and was a cheerful host actress or society gir as astor bride all new york 400 is watching rivalry mystery enshrouds courtship on departure of heir to millions for europe xew york july 24 the departure of vincent astor for england on the mau retania leaves the question of his future marriage entirely in mystery whether he is the fiance of miss margaret andrews the seventeen year-old daughter of mr and mrs paul andrews or has lost his heart to ina claire the young actress whose name has so frquently been linked with his is still to be known neither young astor nor any of his relatives or friends has shown the least inclination to unravel this skein of romance when the heir to millions left by colonel john jacob astor was asked about it on 1 ! t . - f '. m ' . nd then retreated to the privacy of thc sitting room of his suite so the ship steamed to sea carrying the secret of the vincent astor romance girls not at pier neither miss andrews nor any of her family was at the canard pier when the mauretania sailed for that matter neith er was miss claire nor any of the claire family miss andrews to-day was in new port anil miss claire with her parents and her brother allen will start to-morrow to xarragansett tier to spend her vacation friends of vincent astor recall witb some significance that on sunday at his farewell week-end iu xewport the young man gave his almost exclusive attentiou to miss andrews another fact which is re garded as favoring the report tii^t she is to he the bride of astor is that her debut in society which was scheduled to take place in the winter season of 1012 has been advanced to next friday night when a coming-out party will be given iu her honor thc coming-out party is now believed to be in preparation for the announcement of her engagement to vincent astor next fall he will be twenty-one years old iu november and it is said no announcement will be made previous to his birthday before sailing young astor declared that he would uot return to harvard next fall vincent astor is on his way to loudon to visit his mother and his sister muriel they will return to xew york in septem ber and go to rhinecliff where the young man's friends prophesy his birthday party will witness the announcement of bis en gagement to miss andrews miss claire the actress whose frequent i rides in vincent astor's auto when she was playing it the park theater caused so much gossip only smiled to-day when asked concerning her reported engagement she showed no anxiety when told of his attentions to miss andrews at xewport though her smile widened showing two rows of very white teeth thinks it's a shame i suppose vincent drove his new fco horsepower car dowu to xewport to show it to his friend herman oelrichs and of course miss andrews was present she suggested naively she refuse dto say more when asked when she had seen mr astor last she replied with great dignity that is not a fair question it is a shame the way they chase mr astor around commented miss claire's bother allen who somewhat resembles vincent astor when mother and sister and myself were at the globe theater the other night every oue was stretching their neks t iqofc at us just because of this astor talk i suppose the.v thought 1 was ' mr astor we are going to xarragaasltt ' to spend the summer and i hope we will ' have some quiet there 1 at left miss margaret andrews the society girl whose engagement to vincent astor will be announced at his twenty-first oirthday friends believe and at the right miss ina claire tho pretty actress and rival for the young millionaire's vand npon whom he has lavished his attentions and who smiles and keeps her own counsel morgan longs to do the turkey trot financier returning to u s yearns to dance bunny hug on liner xew york july 24 prizes of more value than art treasures without price ac complishments more to be appreciated than the ability to corner the world's money market are seen by j pierpont morgan in the bunny hug dance which society has either iearned or is practicing mr morgan returned from k'irope to d the olympic last saturday there was a dance on the deck of the big liner mr morgan watched the dancers for a while in silence theu he turned to h h thomas a xew y'ork banker my i'd give anything if i could get up there and dance like that he said as he gazed with wistful eyes at the seduc tive undulations of the turkey trot and the bunny hug and other terpsichoreau novelties mr morgan was taciturn as usual to day -. what do you think of thc bull moose party mr morgan was oue of the first questions from the score of reporters gath ered to meet him the bull moose said the banker what about them why that is colonel roosevelt's pro gressive party was explained what do 1 know about roosevelt was the only reply however it is authoritatively stated by a financier who operates both iu new york and Chicago and who is very close to mr morgan that he is thoroughly dis satisfied with present political conditions in fact it is said he sees no relief from auy of the parties or candidates now in the field mr morgan appeared interested iu wins ton churchill's speech in which he asked for five and a half million pounds for the british navy and frankly threw off the diplomatic muffler iu his remarks about germany but withheld comment but you've just returned from germany mr morgan where you've been hobnob bing with the kaiser you ought to know something about it was the questiou that foil wed . i know i have replied mr morgan brusquely but the kaiser didn't say any thing to me about it he didn't tell me uat he has going to make war with england mikado is still gaining rallies again after sudden change for the worse special cable to the examiner tokio july 2 official bulletins issued on the condition of emperor mutsuhito con tinue reassuring a late bulletin last night created alanrn and the princes were sum moned to the palace at 2 o'clock this morn ing but the crisis passed safely the latest bulletin gives the emporer's temperature as 08.7 pulse 104 respiration 32 the emperor slept fairly well all night and at ti o'clock this morning as surances of pronounced improvement were given the general public has been ad mitted to the palace grounds to otfer con dolences president at wedding washington july jl tin president and many other officials in washington laid aside their duties to-day to attend the military wedding of miss sally garlfngton laughter of brignoter general e a gar liugtou u 8 a and lieutenant harry dwight chamberlain v s a which took place iu st john's p e church tins after noon the bride n:is escorted to tlie altar by her father in full dress uniform the irroom and the ushers all of wlioin were army men were also iu full uniform car mounts roman forum rome july m â€” - juupiug the track while going ut high speed to-day a street car crashed into the roman forum mounted the rostrum from which marc anton delivered caesar's funeral oration and demolished a part of the wall of this section of the ruin eighteen passengers were sent to various hospitals as a re sult of the accident woman robbed of gems at card party well dressed burglar loots handbags while guests are playing the card party burglar has agaiu be come active and yesterday forced an en trance to the home of mrs g e grnbbs 1040 dakin street while she was hostess to a pnrty of friends on her rear porch the burglar was seen leaving the frout door but sc:um-ii iii's grubbs and her guests lost money and jewelry amounting to 2r>o mrs grubbs whose husband is a me chanical engineer at the Chicago avenue pumping station gave the card party to balf a dozen friends and after her guests had left their handbags and hats ln a bed room on the seeond i floor they went to the rear porch to play the burglar opened handbags and took money cards and door keys a gold watch and several small articles of jew elry belonging to mrs grubbs were also stolen the man was well dressed mrs p i stacey 1922 bradley place and mrs b r gibsou 3337 reta street were among the guests aviators child kidnaped three-year-old katherine ward is found later by boy an attempt to kidnap katherine ward the three-year-old daughter of jiumiie ward the aviator whose wife was granted a divorce after she had caused his arrest on a charge of bigamy yesterday led her grandmother mrs 1 warner 4457 oaken wald avenue to appeal to the police for protection constantly watched liy a big esquimaux dog trained to attack any stranger wlio may approach the chiid mrs warner believed her little charge safe uu til the child disappeared last friday after noon mrs warner notified the police who found that ward was in fargo s d r giving an aeroplane exhibition later katherine was found by a butcher boy at thirty-ninth street and cottage grove ave nue but could not tell where she had been pastor charges slander sues three he says spread report he was poor preacher poughkeepsie n y july 24.-al leging that george w.ketcham wright tabor and john a huun circulated re ports about the village of dover plains that he conld uot preach a good sermon the rev george riugrose pastor of the dover plains baptist church has started suit against them to recover 10,000 dam ages for slander the suit is the outcome of a discission which has split the church some members of the congregation declare that the pastor is not qualified to preach and rev ringrose says tbat the ree men he names are responsible alaska wins own body senate passes bill permitting it to elect legislators washington july 24 after strug gling for years to obtain legislation creat ing a legislative assembly that would be j elected b.v the people and not appointed by the president the people of alaska to day saw their hopes realized the senate passed the honse bill with a number of amendments but leaving the legislature to be chosen by the people themselves which was the essential thiug for which the.v have fought the capital of the territory will be juneau and the next legislature is to he chosen in november at the time of the elections iu the stales thc scu ote eliminated the proposed senate democrats fire first gun of the campaign managing body has ftaing meeting at brings house a!l but 7 wards on hancr sullivan envoys seek peace two representatives attend from each ward loyalty is pledged to whole ticket and means to win devised plans outlined for organizing working clubs throughout city 35 ratification meet ings are set for aug 14 the first big guns in the campaign to sweep cook county for the democratic candidates county state and national were set booming last night at the first meeting of the progressive democratic managing committee of which mayor harrison is the leader the work for democratic victory this fall was taken up with the sort of fire and enthusiasm that wins political battles the meeting held at the briggs house was composed of men elected in cach ward . by a majority of the precinct committee men chosen by popular vote at the april primary fresh from the people owing their allegiance solely to the people these men took up the work of managing the campaign that the campaign will have its spec tacular side with marching olubs hand music and standard bearers is indicated by the move to form working clyl.s iu each of the thirty-five wards of l&e city the committee issued a call for meetings to be held august 1 i in each of the wards o organize these clubs all but seven wards represented all but seven wards here represent â– , at the meeting recognizing the over whelming majority of the progressive com mittee aldermen p 1 cnrr and charles martin who had been identified promi nently witii the old regime iu t'ooi county democratic politics sought and obtained admission to tlie meeting they hail been chosen b.v a clear major ity of the precinct committeemen of tite fifth ward their participation in the work of the committee was regarded as evidence of the wiping out of factional proclaiming the principle of majority rule the committee adopted a resolution to the effect that all disputes over the election of members of the managing com mittee will be referred to the executive committee with the understanding tbat the committee shall decide the contests only after calling in the precinct commit teemen of the contested wards and thus finding out bow a majority of the precinct men voted democracy's glorious prospect this year is without a cloud in the sky so far as tho cook couuty situation is concerned said congressman a j sabath chairman of the managing committee the united â€¢ major ity of the progressive democrats will carry the day for the whole ticket from wood row wilson to the local municipal judges will co-operate on whole ticket the committee will arrange to co-operate with the state and national democratic campaign committees iu the arrangements for the whirlwind fight to be conducted in two representatives were present from each of the thirty-live wards except ihe third fourth seventh thirteenth four teenth twenty-third twenty-seventh anil thirty-first the resolutions adopted pledged fealty in the strongest terms to the democrat jc ticket from top to bott anil to the plat forms adopted b.v the state anil national i onventions among thc declarations w the following whereas the managing committee or the democratic party in the city of chi cago following and observing the basic principles of the democracy believe tbat the will of ihe majority should rule and that the wishes of the majority should 'â€žâ– recognized and whereas a majority of the precinct committeemen thus chosen lat the pri maries held april 111 met in the county convention on april 15 1012 and by virtue of the primary law elected a ummfgiug com mittee and adopted a party platform and whereas the democratic party met ijf.in the association of american adver ib/iim t ' ser * has examined and certified to the circulation of this publication the figures of circulation contained in the association's report only are guaranteed association of american advertisers ko 2300 whitehall bldg n y city Chicago and vicinity fair ar.d ccoler thursday and friday t wcl moderate northerly winds \_ j^r _Â»^ range of temperatures yesterday l____j-g highest 92 â– '" r_-_______^___i average 85 _<___< v â– Â» _ _ .

Chicago examiner largest morning circulation circulation books open to all vol x no 186 a m thursday Chicago july 25 1912 thursday j7kÂ£s i lt , price one cent ff&a&ssee democrat bolt assures 10 battleships for u.s fight by hearst newspapers â– to be successful in spite of party caucus pledging votes against a bigger navy combination with republicans planned to carry measure over protest senate will demand two warships washixgtox july 24 the long fight made by the hearst newspapers for a more efficient navy is about to be won although it was decided in caucus of the democratic members of the honse by a vote of 70 to 62 to stand out against anjr battleship authorization at this session of congress enough democrats have served notice that they will demand exemption from the caucus bonds that the.v com bined with tho republicans will be able to carry out the two-battleship programme hepreseutative burnett of alabama who led the democratic fight against battleship construction because he could not get money for public buildings forced the op posing vote on battleships at the caucus to-night and pledged the democrats to a continuance of their policy of hostility to the american navy there are 231 democratic members of tiie house and only 132 members attended the caucus democratic floor leader underwood cast his vote for a compromise with the senate on its programme of two battleships immediately he offered a resolution which was adopted that all democratic absentees shall be recalled that they can participate in house leg islation caucus action not final the action of the democratic caucus to night is not final the question of the battleship appropriation at this session is coming back to plagne the democrats when the vote was announced repre sentatives lee and donohue of fennsyl ania sulzer levy and littlejohn of new york broussard and estopinal of louisi ana burke of wisconsin hobson of ala bama and others gave notice that they wculd demand exemption from caucus bonds on the subject of battleship construc tion otbers of the sixty-two members voting against the caucus resolution have one day in which to declare in writing their in tention not to be bound by the caucus action it takes a two-thirds majority in a democratic caucus to bind finally this majority was not had in the vote to-night democratic advocates of battleships an nounce to-night that unless there is a rescinding of the caucus action and either full freedom left to members to vote as they shall determine or a compromise on one battleship effected they will bolt the caucus and vote for two battleships with tke republicans they can carry the two battleship programme should they adopt this course senate demands battleships senator perkins and his colleagues of the senate committee will stand against the democratic caucus decision they will not agree to a navy bill without battleship au thorization with the senate holding out and sixty or more democrats of the house preparing to bolt the prospect for two battleships grows brighter daily representative burleson of texas arch enemy of battleship construction and a member of governor woodrow wilson's advisory committee was chairman of the caucus secretary ashbrook and mr burle son to-night announced that the roll call showing how each democrat who attended the caucus voted on the proposition had disappeared how this happened he did not explain among those who voted for battleships were the xew york members with the ex ception of fitzgerald gregg lee dono ire palmer of pennsylvania underwood and hobson of alabama broussard estop inal dupre of louisiana and padgett of tennessee representative sulzer lost his resolution to rescind the previous action of the cau cus which was contended by broussard to exempt democrat favoriug two battleships from caucus shackles call for new caucus representative james curley of mnssa ehusetts who voted to-night iu the demo cratic caucus for two battleships will start a petition to-morrow among the dem ocrats calling for a new caucus and pledg k iug its signers to the two-battleship pro v gramme i think it is evident from the vote iu the democratic caucus to-night said mr ,',â€ž.),.- that a majority of the democrats of the house are in favor of the enlarged 1 navy programme i know that it will in terfere somewhat with the economy plans of the democratic leaders but i do not think this interference sufficient to stand in the way of the plain demand of the people they want the battleships and the greater resistance there is by the house to this demand the more trouole the democratic party makes for itself | Chicago eats 25,000 watermelons a day dealers declare 375 tons or 25 car loads are brought here every morning twenty-five thousand watermelons a total weight of 375 tous are being eaten iu cliicago every day during the hot weather according to south water street commis sion merchants at least twenty-five cars a day are now being disposed of said b d anguish acknowledged watermelon king of chi cago yesterday and as each car contains on an average at least 1.000 melons you can easily see how i arrive at my con clusion ' that's about right at least 25,000 water melons are disposed of in Chicago these days said john p o'brien another mer chant who deals e-elusively in them but where do they all go he was asked thc majority are disposed of to the wagon peddlers of the ghetto there can be no doubt to my mind that the jews of the west side are large if not the larg est consumers of the watermelon in the city the colored people of course are great eaters of the melon and very few homes in the vicinity of thirty-first and state streets are without it in this kind of weather just why the people of Chicago eat so much watermelon is hard to make out the only reason that i can see is that the watermelon easily digested acts as a combination of food and drink boy asks woman's arresi little fellow tells police mrs bris coe threw water on him sergeant beutel of the Chicago avenue station peered over the edge of his desk into the wide eyes of john smith seven years old the little fellow standing ma jestically on an office chair informed the desk officer that he wanted mrs briscoe arrested sergeant beutel contemplated his visitor what did she do he asked the youthful complainant brushed back his curls and explained that he and two companions had been playing tag near a flat building at la salle and west chest nut when mrs briscoe emptied a pail of water on fheiu so we thought we'd have her arrested he concluded the boy was told to return in the morning for a war rant outside he was joined by his com panions who had been timidly awaiting him john lives at 170 west chestnut street actress proves heiress moving picture star reveals identity before operation sax fraxcisco july 24,-just before she went on the operating table at the merritt hospital iu oakland to-day vidah bertram leading woman of the essanay film manufacturing company revealed her identity she is adele buck a well known boston society girl and daughter of a millionaire who left her father's home early this year to travel with the moving-picture concern her parents have been notified her recovery is considered doubtful miss buck is a graduate of welleslcy with the class of 11 and a member of a wellesley sorority her par ents bitterly opposed her going ou the stage falls 7 stories lives woman turns 3 somersaults and lands in sitting position washixgtox july 24 mrs florence massey wife of james g massey of the interior department leaning out of a window and losing her balance plunged to-day from the seventh floor of her apart ments to an areaway eighty feet belov turning thre somersaults in her descent and lives to tell her experiences mrs massey narrowly escaped striking a fire escape balconies awning apparatus on each floor and landed in the areaway in a sitting posture her right leg was crushed drs xeal graham and charles wheatley who attended mrs massey be lieve she will live bryan lecture is barred test vote shows missourians against hearing nebraskans mexico mo july 24 wi1l daniel secretary of the vandalia mo chautau qua association to-day received a message from the redpath vawter chautauqua system saying that bryan's date at van dalia had been reluctantly canceled the chautauqua people took a vote on the matter sending cards to the citizens of vandalia who bad guaranteed the advance ticket sale and the result practically v as a unanimous demand that bryan's date be canceled vandalia is in speaker's champ clark's congressional district astor heir in two weeks widow of titanic victim awaits event in new york home new york july 24 mrs madelein force astor the widow of colonel john jacob astor has returned to her home in fifth avenue from bernardsville x j where she w-as with her parents mr and mrs william h force for a visit mrs force accompanied her daughter here and will remain with her until the astor heir is born which event is expected within the next fortnight park board takes over sheridan road lincoln commissioners to start work at once to beautify street residents will assist plan parkway to wisconsin line hope for wide drive to milwaukee another step iu the direction that will eventually make Chicago the paris of america was taken yesterday when the lincoin park commissioners accepted jur isdiction over sheridan road from foster nit-due to devon avenue some day in the immediate future con tingent upon the agreement of the various towns through which sheridan read passes it is hoped and expected that the eutire driveway will be under the jurisdiction of the park commissioners and improved throughout will be thirty-two miles of the most beautiful boulevard in the world aii the way to lake bluff this week when the city council au thorized a referendum for the expenditure of 1.7.10.000 for the widening of twelfth street the first stetf toward the realization of thc city beautiful plan was taken take second step at the same meeting the coumil ten dered to the lincoln park commissioners the stretch of sheridan road from foster to devon avenues acceptances yesterday by thc commissioners marks the second great step in the general plan of'lieautiiica tion of Chicago property owners along the line of the section accepted yesterday have agreed to pay the expense of installing boulevard lights curbing and paving which will amount to about 80,000 this money will be collected by the various improvement associations iu the district involved and bond for its payment to the board will be arrauged xow we are fairly started said leoi austrian member of the lincoln park board last night and by the time w have finished the project Chicago wili halve the most magnificent driveway in the world beginning at lincoln park sherigan road stretches almost straightaway to v,ake bluff a distance of thirty-two miles en route it passes through evanston wil mette winnetka hubbard woods ikeuil worth and highland park towns must consent before we cau take over the entire road as a parkway consent must be obtained from these towns and the latter must bind themselves to pay for the construction and maintenance work upon sheridan road will be begun almost immediately every foot of the road will be overhauled paving and curb ing constructed to a uniform width and parkway lights installed xot to be out done by the state of Illinois the state of avisconsin has already taken steps in a smiliar direction a movement has for some time been afoot to start parkway construction at the milwaukee extension of sheridan road thence building southeastward it is pro posed to some day connect the two park ways sit lakc bluff thus formjng a won derful lake shore boulevard eighty miles long there was a time when the improvement of sheridan road even in the city limits of Chicago was considered a dream xow its realization has begun prisoners in ball league new york convicts organize teams to play for championship glex falls x y july 24.-for the first time in the history of the penal in stitutions of xew york state baseball has been adopted as a part of the prison cur riculum and the first game according to an announcement made this afternoon by warden homer will be played next sat urday afternoon at com-stock when two nines composed of prisoners of the great meadow prison will clash in prison grounds a total of 040 men is now en rolled at the institution and a five-team league has been organized to play for the prison championship peary's pole ship sold the roosevelt brings 35,200 at auc tion of arbuckle's vessels xew york july 24 peary's arctic ship the roosevelt was sold uuder the hammer to-day for 33,200 to h e j mcdcrniott representing a concern the name of which he declined to give the sale was caused by the death of john arbuckle whose wrecking fleet was auc tioned off to-day at the empire stores the roosevelt's original cost was 185,000 the fleet consisted of three tugs a steam schooner-rigged barge a schooner yacht and the famous exploration steamer 109 celebrates birthday aurora 111 july 21 jaines moran of morris 109 years old believed to be the oldest white man in the united states entertained a hig gathering of friends on his birthday anniversary to day mr moran though feeble mingled with his guests and was a cheerful host actress or society gir as astor bride all new york 400 is watching rivalry mystery enshrouds courtship on departure of heir to millions for europe xew york july 24 the departure of vincent astor for england on the mau retania leaves the question of his future marriage entirely in mystery whether he is the fiance of miss margaret andrews the seventeen year-old daughter of mr and mrs paul andrews or has lost his heart to ina claire the young actress whose name has so frquently been linked with his is still to be known neither young astor nor any of his relatives or friends has shown the least inclination to unravel this skein of romance when the heir to millions left by colonel john jacob astor was asked about it on 1 ! t . - f '. m ' . nd then retreated to the privacy of thc sitting room of his suite so the ship steamed to sea carrying the secret of the vincent astor romance girls not at pier neither miss andrews nor any of her family was at the canard pier when the mauretania sailed for that matter neith er was miss claire nor any of the claire family miss andrews to-day was in new port anil miss claire with her parents and her brother allen will start to-morrow to xarragansett tier to spend her vacation friends of vincent astor recall witb some significance that on sunday at his farewell week-end iu xewport the young man gave his almost exclusive attentiou to miss andrews another fact which is re garded as favoring the report tii^t she is to he the bride of astor is that her debut in society which was scheduled to take place in the winter season of 1012 has been advanced to next friday night when a coming-out party will be given iu her honor thc coming-out party is now believed to be in preparation for the announcement of her engagement to vincent astor next fall he will be twenty-one years old iu november and it is said no announcement will be made previous to his birthday before sailing young astor declared that he would uot return to harvard next fall vincent astor is on his way to loudon to visit his mother and his sister muriel they will return to xew york in septem ber and go to rhinecliff where the young man's friends prophesy his birthday party will witness the announcement of bis en gagement to miss andrews miss claire the actress whose frequent i rides in vincent astor's auto when she was playing it the park theater caused so much gossip only smiled to-day when asked concerning her reported engagement she showed no anxiety when told of his attentions to miss andrews at xewport though her smile widened showing two rows of very white teeth thinks it's a shame i suppose vincent drove his new fco horsepower car dowu to xewport to show it to his friend herman oelrichs and of course miss andrews was present she suggested naively she refuse dto say more when asked when she had seen mr astor last she replied with great dignity that is not a fair question it is a shame the way they chase mr astor around commented miss claire's bother allen who somewhat resembles vincent astor when mother and sister and myself were at the globe theater the other night every oue was stretching their neks t iqofc at us just because of this astor talk i suppose the.v thought 1 was ' mr astor we are going to xarragaasltt ' to spend the summer and i hope we will ' have some quiet there 1 at left miss margaret andrews the society girl whose engagement to vincent astor will be announced at his twenty-first oirthday friends believe and at the right miss ina claire tho pretty actress and rival for the young millionaire's vand npon whom he has lavished his attentions and who smiles and keeps her own counsel morgan longs to do the turkey trot financier returning to u s yearns to dance bunny hug on liner xew york july 24 prizes of more value than art treasures without price ac complishments more to be appreciated than the ability to corner the world's money market are seen by j pierpont morgan in the bunny hug dance which society has either iearned or is practicing mr morgan returned from k'irope to d the olympic last saturday there was a dance on the deck of the big liner mr morgan watched the dancers for a while in silence theu he turned to h h thomas a xew y'ork banker my i'd give anything if i could get up there and dance like that he said as he gazed with wistful eyes at the seduc tive undulations of the turkey trot and the bunny hug and other terpsichoreau novelties mr morgan was taciturn as usual to day -. what do you think of thc bull moose party mr morgan was oue of the first questions from the score of reporters gath ered to meet him the bull moose said the banker what about them why that is colonel roosevelt's pro gressive party was explained what do 1 know about roosevelt was the only reply however it is authoritatively stated by a financier who operates both iu new york and Chicago and who is very close to mr morgan that he is thoroughly dis satisfied with present political conditions in fact it is said he sees no relief from auy of the parties or candidates now in the field mr morgan appeared interested iu wins ton churchill's speech in which he asked for five and a half million pounds for the british navy and frankly threw off the diplomatic muffler iu his remarks about germany but withheld comment but you've just returned from germany mr morgan where you've been hobnob bing with the kaiser you ought to know something about it was the questiou that foil wed . i know i have replied mr morgan brusquely but the kaiser didn't say any thing to me about it he didn't tell me uat he has going to make war with england mikado is still gaining rallies again after sudden change for the worse special cable to the examiner tokio july 2 official bulletins issued on the condition of emperor mutsuhito con tinue reassuring a late bulletin last night created alanrn and the princes were sum moned to the palace at 2 o'clock this morn ing but the crisis passed safely the latest bulletin gives the emporer's temperature as 08.7 pulse 104 respiration 32 the emperor slept fairly well all night and at ti o'clock this morning as surances of pronounced improvement were given the general public has been ad mitted to the palace grounds to otfer con dolences president at wedding washington july jl tin president and many other officials in washington laid aside their duties to-day to attend the military wedding of miss sally garlfngton laughter of brignoter general e a gar liugtou u 8 a and lieutenant harry dwight chamberlain v s a which took place iu st john's p e church tins after noon the bride n:is escorted to tlie altar by her father in full dress uniform the irroom and the ushers all of wlioin were army men were also iu full uniform car mounts roman forum rome july m â€” - juupiug the track while going ut high speed to-day a street car crashed into the roman forum mounted the rostrum from which marc anton delivered caesar's funeral oration and demolished a part of the wall of this section of the ruin eighteen passengers were sent to various hospitals as a re sult of the accident woman robbed of gems at card party well dressed burglar loots handbags while guests are playing the card party burglar has agaiu be come active and yesterday forced an en trance to the home of mrs g e grnbbs 1040 dakin street while she was hostess to a pnrty of friends on her rear porch the burglar was seen leaving the frout door but sc:um-ii iii's grubbs and her guests lost money and jewelry amounting to 2r>o mrs grubbs whose husband is a me chanical engineer at the Chicago avenue pumping station gave the card party to balf a dozen friends and after her guests had left their handbags and hats ln a bed room on the seeond i floor they went to the rear porch to play the burglar opened handbags and took money cards and door keys a gold watch and several small articles of jew elry belonging to mrs grubbs were also stolen the man was well dressed mrs p i stacey 1922 bradley place and mrs b r gibsou 3337 reta street were among the guests aviators child kidnaped three-year-old katherine ward is found later by boy an attempt to kidnap katherine ward the three-year-old daughter of jiumiie ward the aviator whose wife was granted a divorce after she had caused his arrest on a charge of bigamy yesterday led her grandmother mrs 1 warner 4457 oaken wald avenue to appeal to the police for protection constantly watched liy a big esquimaux dog trained to attack any stranger wlio may approach the chiid mrs warner believed her little charge safe uu til the child disappeared last friday after noon mrs warner notified the police who found that ward was in fargo s d r giving an aeroplane exhibition later katherine was found by a butcher boy at thirty-ninth street and cottage grove ave nue but could not tell where she had been pastor charges slander sues three he says spread report he was poor preacher poughkeepsie n y july 24.-al leging that george w.ketcham wright tabor and john a huun circulated re ports about the village of dover plains that he conld uot preach a good sermon the rev george riugrose pastor of the dover plains baptist church has started suit against them to recover 10,000 dam ages for slander the suit is the outcome of a discission which has split the church some members of the congregation declare that the pastor is not qualified to preach and rev ringrose says tbat the ree men he names are responsible alaska wins own body senate passes bill permitting it to elect legislators washington july 24 after strug gling for years to obtain legislation creat ing a legislative assembly that would be j elected b.v the people and not appointed by the president the people of alaska to day saw their hopes realized the senate passed the honse bill with a number of amendments but leaving the legislature to be chosen by the people themselves which was the essential thiug for which the.v have fought the capital of the territory will be juneau and the next legislature is to he chosen in november at the time of the elections iu the stales thc scu ote eliminated the proposed senate democrats fire first gun of the campaign managing body has ftaing meeting at brings house a!l but 7 wards on hancr sullivan envoys seek peace two representatives attend from each ward loyalty is pledged to whole ticket and means to win devised plans outlined for organizing working clubs throughout city 35 ratification meet ings are set for aug 14 the first big guns in the campaign to sweep cook county for the democratic candidates county state and national were set booming last night at the first meeting of the progressive democratic managing committee of which mayor harrison is the leader the work for democratic victory this fall was taken up with the sort of fire and enthusiasm that wins political battles the meeting held at the briggs house was composed of men elected in cach ward . by a majority of the precinct committee men chosen by popular vote at the april primary fresh from the people owing their allegiance solely to the people these men took up the work of managing the campaign that the campaign will have its spec tacular side with marching olubs hand music and standard bearers is indicated by the move to form working clyl.s iu each of the thirty-five wards of l&e city the committee issued a call for meetings to be held august 1 i in each of the wards o organize these clubs all but seven wards represented all but seven wards here represent â– , at the meeting recognizing the over whelming majority of the progressive com mittee aldermen p 1 cnrr and charles martin who had been identified promi nently witii the old regime iu t'ooi county democratic politics sought and obtained admission to tlie meeting they hail been chosen b.v a clear major ity of the precinct committeemen of tite fifth ward their participation in the work of the committee was regarded as evidence of the wiping out of factional proclaiming the principle of majority rule the committee adopted a resolution to the effect that all disputes over the election of members of the managing com mittee will be referred to the executive committee with the understanding tbat the committee shall decide the contests only after calling in the precinct commit teemen of the contested wards and thus finding out bow a majority of the precinct men voted democracy's glorious prospect this year is without a cloud in the sky so far as tho cook couuty situation is concerned said congressman a j sabath chairman of the managing committee the united â€¢ major ity of the progressive democrats will carry the day for the whole ticket from wood row wilson to the local municipal judges will co-operate on whole ticket the committee will arrange to co-operate with the state and national democratic campaign committees iu the arrangements for the whirlwind fight to be conducted in two representatives were present from each of the thirty-live wards except ihe third fourth seventh thirteenth four teenth twenty-third twenty-seventh anil thirty-first the resolutions adopted pledged fealty in the strongest terms to the democrat jc ticket from top to bott anil to the plat forms adopted b.v the state anil national i onventions among thc declarations w the following whereas the managing committee or the democratic party in the city of chi cago following and observing the basic principles of the democracy believe tbat the will of ihe majority should rule and that the wishes of the majority should 'â€žâ– recognized and whereas a majority of the precinct committeemen thus chosen lat the pri maries held april 111 met in the county convention on april 15 1012 and by virtue of the primary law elected a ummfgiug com mittee and adopted a party platform and whereas the democratic party met ijf.in the association of american adver ib/iim t ' ser * has examined and certified to the circulation of this publication the figures of circulation contained in the association's report only are guaranteed association of american advertisers ko 2300 whitehall bldg n y city Chicago and vicinity fair ar.d ccoler thursday and friday t wcl moderate northerly winds \_ j^r _Â»^ range of temperatures yesterday l____j-g highest 92 â– '" r_-_______^___i average 85 _